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G.O.O.G.L.E. = S.K.Y.N.E.T. 
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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Either you update your Google apps or they'll take you up into space and drop you.
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Windows Phone developers can now install the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system on their personal devices. The company announced today that Windows Phone 8.1 is available through the Windows Phone Preview program, so devs can get a head start on building apps for the new update, which will be rolling out to consumers later this year. Become one with Cortana before the riff raff
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Only phone. Installs Windows Phone Developer Preview. (insanity wolf)
It finished a few minutes ago.
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It'll be all right. Mine's been running it most of the day with no issues yet.
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Microsoft launched the Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview earlier today but that's not the only thing the company is doing to help app developers get up to speed on their latest mobile OS. Microsoft has also released a reference app designed to help developers make software that can properly use the new Cortana voice command digital assistant. Cortana: write my code for today
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Microsoft TechNet blog makes clear that Windows 8.1 will not be patched; users must get Windows 8.1 Update if they want security patches. That was fast: and people complained about XP
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But it is continuing to push Windows Phone 8.1?
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Quote: It's not a wise move at all.
Indeed. And stoopeed too.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Talk about mixed signals Microsoft..
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Their marketing of this update has been completely flawed.
It has a stupid name: Windows 8.1 Update 1.
It is actually a really minor update, the only change I've noticed is the ability to pin Metro Apps to the task bar, and some icons for mouse interaction in Metro Mode.
It should have just been a KBxxxx (Mouse Enhancements) update, like any other.
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Must have been one hell of a mouse update at 800MB+ 
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And proper context menus for the start screen.
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NeverJustHere wrote: It has a stupid name: Windows 8.1 Update 1.
Actually it's called "Windows 8.1 Update," which is arguably more stupid. A lot of recent MS products have been using Update n (e.g., Visual Studio), so in fact if they'd called it Update 1 it would have made more sense.
Kevin
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Well that didn't take long. After a short honeymoon period, the Nadella regime makes its first truly asinine move. To be fair, he was already saddled with 8.1, but this is just a gigantic mess.
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Clickety[^] [CRA]
About 900 SIN numbers stolen. 
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: SIN numbers
You have to get a # in order to sin in Canada?!!?   Talk about control!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If you know C# then the name Eric Lippert will be synonymous with clear explanations of difficult ideas and insights into the way languages work and are put together. However this didn't stop our interviewer Nikos Vaggalis (NV) from ranging over topics as diverse as the future of C#, asynchronous v parallel, Visual Basic and more. C# run, run C#, run
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If you’re not a fan of the Live Tiles used on the Windows 8/8.1 Start screen, then you might want to look away now — Microsoft is experimenting with the idea of making these tiles even more interactive, giving users additional information on the over-sized tiles without the need to open individual apps. Anything that would make them even moderately useful would be nice
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Live tiles -> Vile tiles -> Evil tiles
(Personally I am waiting for the version where the tiles can be set to tessellate)
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With those tiles having internet connection, I am sure they'll become the major target of hacker attacks in Windows 8. Only the little prevalence of that smartphone OS has yet delayed such attacks.
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I really don't get the disdain for the tiles. I find the tiles useful and interesting. The proposed changes would make it more like a dashboard, and that too would be useful for me.
There are plenty of things I don't like about Windows 8/8.1, but the tiles aren't one of them.
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Oh, come on. Tiles were useful as early as Phone 7.5. I can see the current temp and weather on my Weather Channel tile, I can see how many unread messages I have in Outlook and GMail, how many notifications I have in Facebook, text messages, etc. All without having to go into the app itself to see these things.
There are plenty of things an anti-Microsoft blogger can criticize Windows Phone for, but this one is a bit silly.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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